6 SigmaTek: Lean Six Sigma and Lean Health Care

Services | Green Belt Training/ Certification

Class schedule consists of 2 weeks of class consisting of 90 hrs of contact. The student has up to 5months after training to complete their project.6SigmaTek will provide mentoring and coaching during the project tenure.

Customizable Curriculum:

Certification Criteria for Students:

  • Complete company project or approved exercise
  • Present and pass all phase Tollgates
  • Complete 100% of homework
  • Attend 80% of classes
  • Pass 80% of all quizzes
  • Complete the certification test with a score of 80%

Prerequisites for attendees:

  • Basic Algebra skill
  • MS Excel
  • Visio 2003 minimum
  • MS Power Point
  • Comfortable with loading software from the internet
  • Basic computer skills
  • Must have a company approved project with sponsorship from the company
  • Portable Thumb drive for data transfer
  • Laptop with CD drive

Prerequisites for companies sending participants:

  • Must ensure that the intended participants have a formal company project with clear objectives and financial savings

Materials provided by 6SigmaTek:

  • Data sets
  • Templates
  • Certification Test
  • Minitab-14 software
  • Process Model (Demo's)
  • Minitab-15 @ discount price
  • All training apparatuses and manuals

Training Objectives

Topics for the Define Phase:
In Define the participant will use tools that will define the purpose of the project , goals of the project, understand from a customer’s perspective what is important, and complete a Value Stream Map that will show how the current process affects the customer.

  • Define Overview
  • Define Tollgate completion
  • Operational Definition
  • What is Green
  • Initiate the project
  • SIPOC
  • CTQ
  • VOCO
  • EVSM Software
  • Charter

Topics for the Measure Phase:
In Measure the participant will be able to gather data from the current process and determine, capability, complete graphical analysis of the data, define the total cost of a defect, determine what the root causes are of the defect.

  • Measure Overview
  • Basic Statistics
  • High level Green Analysis
  • Cause & Effect
  • Measure Tollgate Completion
  • Graphing Discrete Data
  • Graphing Continuous Data
  • Discrete / Continuous Gauge R&R
  • Intro to Minitab
  • Data Collection Plan
  • Process Mapping
  • Base Lining
  • FMEA
  • XY- Matrix
  • COPQ

Topics for the Analyze Phase:
In Analyze the participant be able to pinpoint exactly what variables are causing the defects in a process , determine if the actions put in place will eliminate the defects, and understand how the actions will affect the customer.

  • Lean Analysis (EVSM software)
  • High level Future State Map
  • Hypothesis Testing 2 Samples
  • Analyze Tollgate Completion
  • Takt time
  • Lead Time
  • Simple Regression
  • Normality Testing

Topics for the Improve / Control Phases:
In Improve / Control the participant will be able to quantify the results of solving the problem , be able to determine the optimal fix for the problem, and be able to create a plan that will ensure the problem will be eliminated or directly reduced.

  • Certification Test ( Pass: 80%)
  • Project Closure
  • Graphical Analysis with Minitab -14
  • Control Plan
  • 5S